punctuation
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Whether the added punctuation has the effect the author imagines, she’s not wrong to point out that editorial decisions, once made, tend “to stick, informing how future readers will interpret a story or character.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Aristophanes of Byzantium is known, therefore, as the father of punctuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I had hoped the bangs would repel him, but my new facial accessory failed to be a punctuation between us in the way I’d imagined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
These work like punctuation marks in the genetic instructions, signaling that protein construction should stop.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
Literate readers rely on punctuation to guide them through a sentence, and mastering the basics is a nonnegotiable requirement for anyone who writes.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing punctuation
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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